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Tillage

//ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the cultivation of soil for raising crops wordnet
  3. 3
    Land cultivated in this way. countable, uncountable

    "Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment."

  4. 4
    arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops wordnet
  5. 5
    The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age.

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